Hometown Hero Mark Bloom lives his dream with Atlanta United Head out to the local park on a Saturday morning, and you’ll find hordes of kids playing “the Beautiful Game.” Ask them what they want to be when they grow up, and many reply, “A soccer player.” This is especially true now that “Uncle” Arthur Blank has brought MLS soccer to Atlanta. It was a long wait (often filled with heartbreak for Atlanta sports fans at large), but Blank never lost sight of his near decade-long goal to bring big league soccer to town. For one Marietta...
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Never tell an artist to get his head out of the clouds. Case in point— Marietta native and current Los Angeles-based creator C. Michael Frey. Despite wanting to be a doctor during his formative years at Sprayberry High School, Frey’s earliest childhood memories are of drawing. “I wanted to be a doctor because everyone tells you it’s so hard to make a living as an artist,” Frey said. “My mom worked at an outpatient surgical center, and I worked there part-time. I watched a surgery once and passed out. I realized it wasn’t for me.” Call it...
Continue readingPeanuts and Cracker Jacks may be fun snacks for the seventh inning stretch, especially when paired with an ice cold Coke or hoppy brew, but at the new Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park in Cobb County, the culinary options go way beyond traditional ballpark fare. From elevated dining choices inside the park, to an entire entertainment district and lifestyle destination (called The Battery Atlanta) just outside its doors, get ready to be amped up by an immersive experience unrivaled in the world of professional sports. We spoke with five of Atlanta’s culinary icons about their new endeavors at...
Continue readingEach year we profile a handful of Cobb’s family-owned businesses that have been passed down from generation to generation. This year, we present a sporting goods store, a food service business, a carpet company and Georgia’s oldest drugstore. We hope you enjoy getting to know them. Lacey Drug Company Considered to be the oldest continually-operating pharmacy in Cobb County and among the oldest in the state of Georgia, Lacey Drug Company has been affording locals quality care since 1895. Originally founded by Claude and Albert Durham as the Durham Brothers Drug Company at the still-operating Acworth location, the company...
Continue readingThe annual Cobb Life magazine Best of Cobb awards received thousands of votes this year. Here are some of the winners for Best Breakfast, Best Boutique, Best Home Decor, Best Burger and Best Fine Dining....
Continue readingIs your roast in a rut? Feel like your holiday dinner is stuck on a loop? Everyone loves a good holiday roast but, if you’ve been making great grandma’s recipe as long as you can remember and sense some parallels between your holiday table and the movie Mickey’s 12 Days of Christmas, it may be time for a change. We asked three Cobb chefs for their take on the standard holiday roast, and they’ve delivered some truly inspired culinary variations on this definitive Christmas dinner dish: Café 33 Café 33 owner and executive chef Shane Clements loves to challenge...
Continue readingYoung, hip and multi-talented, this 2016 Wood Industry 40 Under 40 winner and British ex-pat is combining carbon steel and butcher block wood to create customized industrial chic desks and accompanying office furniture that is anything but boring....
Continue readingThe holiday entertaining season is officially in full swing and, with it, come welcome moments spent with friends and loved ones. Writer Meredith Pruden covers holiday home decor for Cobb Life Magazine....
Continue readingWhen people think of South America, they often conjure visions of eternal summer— warm sandy beaches, glistening waves, tropical jungles and beautiful people, but you won't want to miss the glaciers....
Continue readingOften repositories for art, intellectualism and untold national treasures, churches are architectural masterpieces and living monuments to the lifeblood of Latin American destinations....
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